[Users] VM import from ESXi

[Matthew Booth]

On Thu, 2013-10-17 at 12:32 +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 06:29:39PM -0200, emitor at gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've imported a Windows VM from an ESXi to an export domain using virt-v2v.
> > It didn't return me any error wen it finished (i think), but when attached
> > the export domain I get the following advertising and the vm doesn't appear
> > in the list to be imported:
> > 
> > Failed to read VM '[Empty Name]' OVF, it may be corrupted
> > 
> > Could you give me some hint to fix this, or what it could be the problem?
> 
> This seems like a bug in virt-v2v, but it's hard to say.
> 
> You should enable debugging in virt-v2v and then we should be
> able to see exactly what's going on.
> 
>   export LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1
>   virt-v2v [...etc...]
> 
> Remember to capture the complete, unedited output.

The most useful debugging information here would actually be the
possibly corrupt OVF file. It's almost certainly going to be a metadata
issue rather than a guest conversion issue. Whatever additional detailed
logging you can provide about why RHEV rejected it would also be useful.

Matt